Washing-machine



J. 0 NEIL.

WASHING IILIAGIIINII.I

N0. 8,153. Patentedaune 1o, 1851,.

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JOHN ONEIL, OF XENIA, OHIO.

WASHING-MACHINE.

Specification of Letters Patent No. 8,153, dated June 10, 1851.

To all whom t may concern.:

Be it known that I, JOHN ONniL, of Xenia, in the county of Green and Stateof Ohio, have invented a new and` Improved Machine for lVashing Clothes; and I do` hereby declare that the following is a full and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings and to the letters of reference marked thereon.

` The nature of my `invention consists in combining with a lever a system of triple concentrating pressure (or compressing)` blocks for the purpose of more eifectually squeezing the suds out of the clothes during the process of washing. -To enable others skilled in the art to make and use my invention 'I ,will proceed to de'- scribe its constructionl and operation.

I construct a square box of about the fllowing proportionssay fourteen inches wide, two feet four inches long and nine inches deep in the clear, to which is securelyfas-` tened four legs at the corners, `elevating it sixteen inches (Inlore or less)` fromthe iioor.

Figure l is a fro-nt elevat-ion of the several parts combined, with the two front legsV and the front side of the box removed in order to show the positionin the box of the pressure blocks w, and b, `when one end of the lever c, is elevated in order to get the clothes in the middle of thebox.

The same letters refer to like parts both Fig. l and Fig. 2, Fig.`2 beingaperspective view of the several partsoombined when the lever c, is depressed, showing their concen` trated action upon the clothes when putin the middle of the box, the box being represented with the front side broken out in order to show the position of the pressure blocks by the depressing action of the lever c.

The pressure blocks a, a, (ofr which one is luted, and both may be are permanently secured to arms marked el, d, which extend to the height of about two feet four inches from the bottom of the box, they are attached by hinges (or any other convenient mode of attaching by a working joint) to 'a cross head block marked c, which is securely and permanently fastened to two upright standards marked f, f, which is also permanently fastened to the sides of the box. The lever handle c, is confined at one end to the -back standard f, in a mortise by a' pin run-` `to its proper height by a pin passing through the lever handle c, and the holes in the stem g, or the perpendicular guide stem g, may be made large enough to admit the lever c, to pass through amortise made in the stem g.

`lt, are small iron `rods with an eye formed on each end, through which staples are put, and fastened to thearms cl, d, and the lever handle c, by which means they are connected in such a manner as to be thrown apart or drawn together by the up and down motion of the lever handle c. By the motions of the lever c, the vertical pressing block b, is Ymade to act in concert with the pressure blocks a, a. Instead of the iron connecting rods it, it; wooden ones may be substituted, and connect the arms d, d, with the guide 'stem g, by inserting each end in mortises made ind, cl, andthe stem g, and conned bypins or` by any other convenient mode of connecting them. A long slot is made in the front standard f, (which standard is represented in Fig. 2 as having the lower end of it broken olf with the front` side) through which the lever handle c, passes and serves to keep the 'handle in its proper place, while working up and down in its operatioc, of Fig. l represents the leverhandle as being cut off near where the guide stem g passes through it. Across the bottom, and at each end of the box are blocks fitted in, mak/ing the bottom of the box concave corresponding` with the arc described by the motion given to the pressure blocks a, a, as shown at i, z', in both Figs. l and 2.

What I claim as my invention and desire to secure by Letters Patent is- The triple and concentrated action `of pressure blocks upon the clothes, being constructed and operating substantially inthe manner herein set forth and described.

. JOHN ONEIL.

Witnesses: i

J. L. Mornow, D. ToRRENcE. 

